Do you take sneakers/shoes off when you walk into your home?

Jersey_Devil
Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
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Do you take your sneakers/shoes off when you enter your home or do you wear them inside? If you go to someone's house and they ask you to take your shoes off before you enter, do you think of them as stuck up or no?
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  • KelARita7
    KelARita7 Posts: 2,694 Member
    Always take shoes off in my house. And automatically take them off in other peoples houses.
  • ReginaldBrontosaurus
    ReginaldBrontosaurus Posts: 372 Member
    I take mine off. I don't think they're stuck up, but I never ask my guests to remove their shoes and don't remove mine unless asked or really dirty. Plus feet are inherently weird/gross.
  • summertime_girl
    summertime_girl Posts: 3,945 Member
    Shoes off as soon as I walk in the house. I hate outside dirt coming into the house. In others' houses, I gauge what they do. If they all have shoes off, mine come off too. I would really rather be barefoot all the time anyway.
  • Operation_Shred
    Operation_Shred Posts: 173
    Mine come off at my house. At others' homes it depends on if they've offered me alcohol or not. If yes, they come off. If not, I will track mud around their pristine home until I receive a proper glass of Irish whiskey.
  • joolywooly33
    joolywooly33 Posts: 421 Member
    always off on entering!
  • benniesmother
    benniesmother Posts: 269 Member
    Take them off! Outside = dirty! And I've never been to a home where I haven't just automatically assumed to take off my shoes... That's how it is where I live :D. Hey this is a super good topic
  • ReginaldBrontosaurus
    ReginaldBrontosaurus Posts: 372 Member
    Shoes off as soon as I walk in the house. I hate outside dirt coming into the house. In others' houses, I gauge what they do. If they all have shoes off, mine come off too. I would really rather be barefoot all the time anyway.

    gross Cher feet haha
  • _MG_
    _MG_ Posts: 453 Member
    Yes.
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    i usually leave them on, but there's not a hard-fast rule. between the kid, the dog and the cats - who knows what i might step in next.

    i will take them off in others' house, if that is the way they do it.
  • MelsAuntie
    MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
    My home... no. We have ceramic tile floors. And it's a farm, so we have people coming in and out in boots all the time. It would be ridiculous to take shoes off each time or ask anyone else to. Other people's homes, if floors are carpeted, or shoes are dirty, then yes, I'll take them off.
  • miss_jessiejane
    miss_jessiejane Posts: 2,819 Member
    I hate shoes, they're the first thing to come off when I get home. But I don't take my shoes off in other peoples houses unless they ask me to take them off.
  • Chillyfrog
    Chillyfrog Posts: 207 Member
    As soon as I walk in the door and always at other people house unless they tell me not to.
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    I don't take them off before I come in the house, but I change from work clothes (and work shoes) as soon as I get home and usually put on a t chirt, shorts and go barefoot.

    If I go to someone else's house whatever their rules are is how I behave.

    Their House - Their Rules. My House - My Rules. Common courtesy.
  • DSTMT
    DSTMT Posts: 417 Member
    As soon as I walk in the door and always at other people house unless they tell me not to.

    This for me as well.
  • pixtotts
    pixtotts Posts: 552 Member
    I always take my shoes off, home and other peoples houses....unless I have smelly feet then I keep them on as a favour to all involved lol! x
  • PhearlessPhreaks
    PhearlessPhreaks Posts: 890 Member
    Always take shoes off in my house. And automatically take them off in other peoples houses.

    This; most everyone knows this is how we do in our home. The only exception is when we're having a party with a variety of people- it's just easier to keep shoes on with people in and out of the house- and nearly any party includes my brother and my husbands best friend; both wear boots, and believe me, you don't want them to take those off unless they're going right into a shower! I've never met anyone who had stinkier feet than my brother, but hubby's best friend gives him a run for his money!
  • paniolo5
    paniolo5 Posts: 186 Member
    Shoes usually come off at the door in our home, so I would definitely not be offended if someone asked me to take shoes off in their home. They don't even have to ask, as mine usually come off out of habit (which is sometimes a tad embarassing when I realize they keep their shoes on). I do find that most of our friends typically take off their shoes at the door of their homes, also. We don't request that visitors take theirs off, but I find most people do when they see us without our shoes on. I would go barefoot all the time if I could!

    In Hawaii & a lot of Asian homes, it's customary to take off your shoes outside. They have a joke in Hawaii that if you go to a party, you may have older shoes when you leave as someone may take off with yours if they like them better than the ones they came in. :laugh:
  • running_tall
    running_tall Posts: 213 Member
    My house = My shoes off. But I wouldn't ask someone else to take theirs off upon entering.

    Someone else's house = Their terms. Either way is fine with me!
  • Jersey_Devil
    Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
    Take them off! Outside = dirty! And I've never been to a home where I haven't just automatically assumed to take off my shoes... That's how it is where I live :D. Hey this is a super good topic

    really?? Where do you live? like Canada or something? ;)
  • DSTMT
    DSTMT Posts: 417 Member
    Take them off! Outside = dirty! And I've never been to a home where I haven't just automatically assumed to take off my shoes... That's how it is where I live :D. Hey this is a super good topic

    really?? Where do you live? like Canada or something? ;)

    Actually I think that is true, I'm Canadian and I don't know anyone who keeps their shoes on in the house, it's just an automatic thing, like taking your coat off when you come in from outdoors.
  • jackpotclown
    jackpotclown Posts: 3,275 Member
    yes \m/
  • tehboxingkitteh
    tehboxingkitteh Posts: 1,574 Member
    Shoes come off when I walk in the door. The half pint has learned this as well. I do it when I go to visit anyone. I just hate shoes.

    I'm not so particular with visitors. Unless they have muddy shoes.
  • ShellyBell999
    ShellyBell999 Posts: 1,482 Member
    Unless they're dirty or I've just cleaned, shoes stay on.

    Ceramic tile is killer on the back without some kind of shoe/slipper.
  • OllyReeves
    OllyReeves Posts: 579 Member
    feet are not weird or gross...they're just...feet!!

    I take my shoes off before I go in the house, and automatically do it at other people's houses.

    I'm an estate agent, my shoes go on and off a million times a day.

    There is no way I would wear shoes in my own house, hell I don't wear clothes in my own house unless I have to....
  • Kitship
    Kitship Posts: 579 Member
    I take off my shoes before entering my own home.

    If someone requests that I take off my shoes in their home, I will do so, but if not I leave my shoes on.
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member
    Yes, I take my shoes off immediately, and I panic a little bit when other people don't, especially when they clearly have dirty shoes. I mean, some things should just be obvious.
  • ShellyBell999
    ShellyBell999 Posts: 1,482 Member
    Not too many folks in my area of the rural desert walk around in bare feet or take their shoes off at the door.

    One step on a goat head thorn that blew or traveled in with a pet will explain why......forever!

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  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    I wear shoes in my house. I don't like bare feet. If someone asks me to remove my shoes when I come over, I visit a lot less frequently.
  • mmcdonald700
    mmcdonald700 Posts: 116 Member
    Take them off! Outside = dirty! And I've never been to a home where I haven't just automatically assumed to take off my shoes... That's how it is where I live :D. Hey this is a super good topic

    really?? Where do you live? like Canada or something? ;)


    Actually I think that is true, I'm Canadian and I don't know anyone who keeps their shoes on in the house, it's just an automatic thing, like taking your coat off when you come in from outdoors.

    Haha I'm Canadian and I think it's absolutely rude if people don't automatically take their shoes off.. I shouldn't have to tell you. Plus, considering you're walking in wet snow half of the year I don't want your wet snowy mess on our hardwood or carpet. I recently went to the states and went to a party at someones home who I didn't know and everyone automatically kept their shoes on - now, our shoes were dry and they had tile but STILL I felt like a terrible person. I didn't want to be an outcast so I did what everyone else did because it appeared to be the local social custom. Besides all that, shoes are so uncomfortable... I don't even like socks. But yeah, I have never been to someones house in Canada where it wasn't assumed your shoes come off at the door... maybe if they specify while you're having a bbq and going in and out of the house but I take them off anyway every time I come in because it feels too weird to wear them inside.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    When I get home, I take off just about everything -- and put on a Pac-Man t-shirt and elephant print fleece pants and cat socks. Or some equally hideous variation.

    But nope, I don't wear shoes in my house unless I've just come home for lunch break or in the middle of a busy day and will be leaving again in the next hour.

    My husband and I both track in a lot (especially this time of year) from outdoors, after walks and bike rides etc. I've considered setting up a place by the door for our shoes but haven't bothered yet.

    Most of my friends wear their shoes in the house when they have company, so when I visit them I wear mine too.

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